You glanced in the mirror but were distracted for a moment, and you forgot what the mirror revealed. When
God’s Word speaks to your heart, you ponder the truth but sometimes forget or
choose to neglect His message during the busyness of your day.
James writes, encouraging
Christians to be doers and not just hearers of God’s Word, ridding one’s life
of anger or any evil that hinders walking daily with Christ: “Be ye doers of
the Word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves” (James 1:22).
Remembering what you hear or read from God’s Word is commendable, but how
helpful are a stirred heart and a headful of knowledge if you don’t act on
them?
James likens “hearers only” to people looking in a mirror. They glance at their face, walk away, and forget what they saw (v. 23–24). But forgetting, ignoring, or pretending what you saw doesn’t change the truth. As a mirror reveals its message when you gaze into it, so God’s Word by the Holy Spirit explains how you should live and what to purge from your life when you open and read it. By mediation and obedience to God’s instructions, you are not just a hearer, but a doer of the Word and God's blessings will be yours (v. 25).
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